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WA SB 5110

enacted

Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5110 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5110 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-29. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5110 about?

WA SB 5110 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5110?

Kauffman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5110, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-29 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kauffmanprimary
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Slattercosponsor
  • Shewmakecosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Riccellicosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-23

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-16

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-01-23

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.

  5. 2025-01-23

    HEWD - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-01-23

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-01-24

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-02-03

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  9. 2025-02-13

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  10. 2025-02-13

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-02-13

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2025-02-18

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  13. 2025-02-19

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  14. 2025-02-28

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  15. 2025-02-28

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  16. 2025-03-04

    First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2025-03-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.

  18. 2025-03-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.

  19. 2025-03-26

    PEW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-03-26

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  21. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  22. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  23. 2025-04-04

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  24. 2025-04-05

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  25. 2025-04-05

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-04-05

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  27. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-10

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  29. 2025-04-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  30. 2025-04-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    reading-3

  31. 2025-04-16

    President signed.

    passage

  32. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  33. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  34. 2025-04-29

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  35. 2025-04-29

    Chapter 177, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  36. 2025-04-29

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)

    2025-02-28 · pass · 48-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: other
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1)

    2025-04-12 · pass · 78-17

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5110&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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